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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
迴 character · C1 (est.)
迴 ＝ 辶 ＋ 回
ㄏㄨㄟˊ · huí
verb — to circle back, wind around, turn

字源 FORM — what the parts do

辶義the walk radical — motion, going
回聲huí — gives the sound; and means turninga square within a square — a coil winding back
The road (辶) added to 回 huí — already a coil winding inward on itself. Walking that coil: to circle back, wind around. 迴旋、迴避、迴響.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

山路（辶）一圈圈繞（回）上去，剛才的彎又繞回腳下。
The mountain road (辶) winds up in coils (回) — the bend you just passed loops back under your feet.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)迴旋、繞回— to circle back, wind around常用
→迴避— to dodge, evade常用
→迴響— to echo, reverberate
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
回huíthe core, bare — 回 already coils; 迴 adds the road 辶 for the act of winding迂yūthe lookalike — 迂 puts 于 on the road (roundabout), 迴 puts 回 (coiling back)